Basic Modern Italian II

LROM1751  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

Basic Modern Italian II
5.0 credits
15.0 h + 30.0 h
2q

Teacher(s)
Maeder Costantino ;
Language
Italien
Prerequisites

LFIAL1750 (Basic Modern Italian I) or similar

Main themes

Students will further develop the basic knowledge acquired in course LFIAL1750 Basic Modern Italian I. Knowledge of grammar will be systematised and made functional.
At the end of the four-month period, students:
- will be familiar with normative grammar;
- will be able to write a text;
- will be able to express themselves in Italian;
- will have produced several written pieces of work on Italian authors or artists.

Aims
  • Systematise the understanding of grammar.
  • Develop oral and writing skills.
  • Know the history of Italian language.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

'    1 final test on the subjects covered in the formal lectures (1/3);
'    9 grammar and vocabulary tests on the Capire units (1/3);
'    1 oral exam during the examination session on the subjects covered in exercice sessions (1/3).

Please note, should a student fail one of the three parts, the final mark provided as the studebnt's result for that course will be the failed mark alone.  
In August, an exam is planned for the student who should fail one, two or three sections of the course.

Teaching methods

This course encourages students to learn independently. Intercomprehension enables students to discover Italian in an active way because of the close relationship between Romance languages and French, and also to develop metalinguistic knowledge. Students acquire grammar using methods such as focused noticing. Online exercise banks enable them to develop reflexes which can produce texts or keep a conversation going.
Through close supervision, students are helped to develop the independent learning required for this course.

Content

The course aims to enable students to work on their own initiative, drawing on the skills they have learned, by encouraging them to carry out research and to discover for themselves grammatical and pragmatic conventions that the teacher will later systematise. Students must carry out a number of tasks (written work, correcting texts, and research). Correction is personalised in order to make it possible to identify the real needs of each student.

Bibliography

Manual by Capire

Other information

Programmes offering this activity ROM 1BA, ROGE 1BA, Minor in Italian studies

Faculty or entity<


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Letters : General
5
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Bachelor in Modern Languages and Letters : General
5
-

Minor in Italian Studies
5
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